Metro (the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority) released a document entitled "LA County’s Measure M Lessons Learned - How to Pass a Mega Transportation Measure," which is available on their Measure M page. This document is being used by the Measure B Coalition as a model for Sacramento County in SacTA's (Sacramento County Transportation Authority) … Continue reading LA’s Measure M
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STAR’s top issues
Our meeting yesterday developed our list of top issues for 2018. Route optimization Light rail extension and expansion Coalition work to improve "Measure B" and support if sufficiently improved Route optimization: SacRT is undertaking a route optimization study for the bus network. A contract was let to Jarrett Walker Associates, which we view as a … Continue reading STAR’s top issues
SacTA and SB 1 Local Partnership Program
The Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA) adopted a prioritized list of nominations for the SB 1 Local Partnership Program (LPP) Competitive Grant Program at the January 11, 2018 meeting. The projects are: Capital SouthEast Connector Downtown Grid 3.0 Implementation Hazel Avenue Improvement, Phase III White Rock Road Transportation Improvement Project South Watt Avenue Improvement – Florin … Continue reading SacTA and SB 1 Local Partnership Program
What the Measure B poll said
STAR member Steven Bourasa has spent time tracking down the information on polling that was done by a private company on behalf of Sacramento Transit Authority to judge support for the Measure B transportation sales tax. Some of his analysis is below. What seems surprising is that while polling indicated very high support for fixing … Continue reading What the Measure B poll said
Measure B “fix-it-first”
The concept of "fix-it-first" has been very prominent in pro-Measure B mailings and publicity. This is not surprising, since maintaining roadways ranked very high in the surveys Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA) conducted to determine support for the measure, and nearly all people, regardless of preferred mode of transportation or political persuason agree that our roads … Continue reading Measure B “fix-it-first”
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 